Mu'awiya II مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد | |
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3rd Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate | |
Reign | 683 – 684 |
Predecessor | Yazid I |
Successor | Marwan I |
Born | c. 664 CE Bilad al-Sham, Umayyad Caliphate |
Died | c. 684 CE (aged 19–20) Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Syria) |
House | Last Sufyanid Caliph |
Dynasty | Umayyad |
Father | Yazid |
Religion | Islam |
Arabic name | |
Personal (Ism) | Muʿāwiya معاوية |
Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Yazīd بن يزيد |
Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Laylā |
Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (Arabic: مُعَاوِيَة بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ مُعَاوِيَة, romanized: Muʿāwiya ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya; c. 664–684), commonly known as Mu'awiya II, was the third Umayyad caliph, ruling for less than a year in 683–684.
He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid line in the Umayyad dynasty. He ruled briefly in 683–684 (64 AH) before he died.[1]